We recently had the great pleasure of working with Elaine Ives-Cameron
in Lesley Masters' play, Wormwood.
Elaine is an extremely experienced and fine actress with an impressive
CV. She has worked in film, television, theatre, radio and has appeared
in commercials. She has written and performed the highly successful
one-woman show: Sylvia Plath: Reflections in a Psychic Landscape
in many venues including the National Theatre and on a German/Austrian
tour.
Her many film roles have included Ina in Ragtime, directed
by Milos Forman; Pamela in Blue Blood (dir: Andrew Sinclair);
Rosie in Murder by Decree (dir:Bob Clark); Landlady
in Terror (dir: Norman Warren); Arwa in The Message
(dir: Mustapha Akaad); Indian Dancer in Supergirl (dir:
Jeannot Schwarz); Mrs Meyrick in Phelix (dir: Anna Ambrose);
Prostitute in Mamma Roma (dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini;
Irma in The Great Gatsby (dir: Jack Clayton) and Rowen
Morrison in The Revenge of Billy The Kid (dir: Jim Groom).
Other films include: Il Sorpasso, La Marcia Su
Roma, Dracula (with Sir Laurence Olivier), Julia,
The Sender, Abortion, The Roadbuilder,
Edvard, Whoops Apocalypse and Easter
Girl.
Television work includes: Mad About The Music, Selling
Hitler, London Embassy, Dempsey and Makepeace,
Miss Marple series, A Dream of Living,
Dr Who, Code Name, Arena,
Tales of the Unexpected, ATV/NBC: Applause,
Northanger Abbey, NBC: As The World Turns,
CBC: Wojeck series and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Elaine has also appeared in commercials for Tony Kaye and Brian Griffin.
Elaine has appeared in theatres on both sides of the Atlantic including
Royal Court in London, La Mamma in New York and the
Manitoba Theatre in Canada. She worked in Rome for two years
with Carmelo Bene's company as leading lady.
Her repertory work includes Queens in Hornchurch, Royal
Exchange in Manchester, Theatre Clwyd, Traverse,
Mickery in Amsterdam and the Belfast Festival. She was
in Angels Still Falling (dir: John Turner) and most
recently Hysteria (dir: Phyllida Lloyd) at the Royal
Court.
Elaine has worked for BBC Radio 3 and 4 and the World Service in
many distinguished productions including The Devil's Disciple,
Zoo Allee, Jacob Epstein and Anaïs
Nin Diaries. Radio voice work includes The Loved One,
Judgement Day, Poetry Please and With
Great Pleasure, all for the BBC.
She has 'dubbed' in London, New York and Rome and her 'voice-overs'
include commercials, commentaries and films.
Most recently Elaine has appeared in commercials for Yellow Pages
in New York and Red Knight shoes, in a pop video for Meat Loaf, she
performed in her third European tour of Sylvia Plath
in Vienna, she has played Lady Mary Patricia Coldstream in the film
Dead Babies directed by Bill Marsh, and she played
the part of the Russian Grandmother in IRDP's production of Wormwood
for LBC Radio.
(This page created February 2000)
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